Here I am testing out the background. I plan to use three slightly different shades of green spot dyes. The background will begin dark at the bottom and gradually lighten. I am not 100% sure it will work at this point. I will continue hooking until I am convinced it will not work — or I get the background done, whichever comes first.
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Day 1200 Rug Border Design on Room-Sized Rug 3 years, 3 months and 12 days. When I did the calculations I was horrified to find out that it has been 1200 days since I started this rug. The past two years have not seen much progress for many reasons, but partly because I was not…
Be careful to hide the lines when you are hooking something organic such as a person. In this post I am rug hooking the arm. After breaking it into light, medium and dark areas all that is left is to fill it in.
Notice the lack of rows in the larger portion of the arm. I used my “jig saw puzzle” method. I teach this method for backgrounds because it helps to make the background to fade into the …. background. Our eyes and brains are designed to pick up patterns. When you hook in rows, you can…
I begin rug hooking the baby’s hand and eyes.
Getting the pattern drawn on the backing for my room sized rug takes all day of Day 1. I Begin hooking the flowers and the scroll.
The rug hooking on the textured wide cut face continues. A slight adjustment to the forehead and a bright highlight on the lower lip help to refine the face.
